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Softball
West Greene evened its record at 3-3 with a section-opening 15-0, five-inning win against Avella in a Section 2 game in Class 1A.
Payton Gilbert picked up the win, striking out 10 and walking 3 for WG (1-0, 3-3). Izzy Greene took the loss for Avella (0-1, 1-2), walking 2.
Katie Dryer doubled for the Eagles. Payton Gilbert went 4-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 2. London Whipkey had a 3-for-4 day, with 2 RBI. Lexi Six was 2-for-4 and drove in 4 runs. Emmaline Beazell had a double for West Greene, and Ella Scott had a pinch-hit 2-run homer in the 4th inning.
• Lauren VanDivner had three hits and drove in five runs to help Belle Vernon to an 11-0, five-inning victory over Ringgold in a Section 2 game in Class 4A.
Talia Ross allowed only one hit over five innings and struck out 11 for the Leopards (1-0, 4-1). Katie Sokol singled and knocked in two runs.
Ringgold fell to 0-1 in the section and 0-2 overall.
Baseball
Canon-McMillan shut out Peters Township, 2-0, in a non-section game for the first head coaching victory for C-M’s Brendon Steele.
This was the first career win on the mound for Canon-McMillan freshman M.J. Maurschak. Conner Helbling and Mason Fixx had hits for the Big Macs and Andrew Kocan drove in one of the two runs in the first inning for C-M (1-1).
Peters Township fell to 1-2.
• A six-run fourth inning paced Avella to an 8-1 win over West Greene in a Section 1 game in Class A.
Brian Martos knocked in four runs on two hits and Isaiah Braddock had three hits, scored twice and knocked in a run for the Eagles (2-0, 3-0). Martos held West Greene (0-2, 0-3) to three hits and struck out nine in six innings.